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No. 39 - 69th Year Whole No. 6272
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, September 25, 1947
The Home Paper With the News.
Radar School to Gradiiate. Courses Every
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iA FORMER REISHEINT OF HURON
County,, Thomas S. Acheson—whose
father was Presbyterian minister at
Kippen many years ago, and who hien-
self attended Clinton Collegiate In-
stitute—writes from 976 GawsvenoT
Ave., Winnipeg, Man., ihanldng us Por
reference •made to him in The NN WS
RFICOftlt earlier in the svmnier ,
He says: 'iAifter half a eentury's ab-
sence from Huron County, it was a
real pleasure" to come back there
again and see so many of 'my old
friends „:.. My greatest regret was
.that time did not permit my stopping
over for a day or two in Clinton
However, T hope to do that on my next
visit to Western Ontario :.. My very
kindest regards to you and best
wishes for the continued success of
your' paper, also regards to all my
old friends in Clinton" . Since his
retirement from the post of General
Agricultural Agent of the Canadian
Pacific Railway with headquarters at
Winnipeg, ,Mr. Acheson has been ap•
pointed special representative for The
Reader's Digest for all of Canada
and Newfoundland .. By the way,
this magazine has the greatest oircu.
lation of any magazine in the world
12,500,000• -•-+with. 12 editions in ten
different languages ..
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IT" YOU HAV]6 OCCASION TO
,pass through ,Seaforth, you had bet-
ter be cautious, for two new Ontario
Provincial police officers took over
the policing duties of our neighbor-
ing town on Monday, with headquar-
ters in the town hall . . Estimated
cost for the services of two men,
full time, and transpot'tation, is ap-
proximately $4,200 a year . , . The
agreement with the Province may be
terminated at the end of any year
after three months' notice has been
given:. • . The towns that have adopt-
ed the systems appear satisfied With
it ... The County of Huron and the
Town of Gaderieh also are operating
under the same scheme.. .
`GEO.-UNDERWOOD
WINS FEDERATION
OAC SCHOLARSHIP
The Huron County Federation of
.Agriculture 'Schol'arship, which is a-
warded each year to a student from
Huron County entering Ontario Ag-
a+icultural College, Guelph, hat been
awarded this year, to George Under-
wood, only son of Mr. and Mrs. -.G. N.
Underwood, R. R:1, Wingham.
'George attended S. S. No, .5, Turn -
berry Township, and graduated froth
'Wingham Collegiate last June. He
played on the
basketball team
at Col-
legiate, and irantrcupated in rugby and
softball, as well.
For the past four years, George has
taken farm leave so as to assist his
father in :the operation ,of his 300
acre farm, and so goes to College
with the practical knowledge of farm_
lag, having livers and worked upon
hie father's farm while growing up.
Huron County Natives
Buy Business Here
Clinton's newest business men are
Burton A. and Orville J. Stanley,
who recently purchased the neat
market owned by Ross Fitzsimons
and conducted by . the Fitzsimons
family for many* yeaa>s. They operate
the stand underthe name of Stanley
Bros., and both hive had extensive
experience feorn youth. They were
horn and raised in Huron County
near Lucknow, sons of Mrs. Stanley,
Listowel ,and the'' late James Stan-
ley, a farmer, and are brothers of E.
W. ,Stanley, Rattenbury St. W., Clin-
ton, Dominion-Provinciel inspector of
fruit and vegetables.
Burton A. Stanley started in the
butcher business when 18 years of
age, and .has had many years' pack-
ing house expenl ence it Harristen and
for the past nine years has been
with II. B, Bunton and Son, Beamp-
ton. He was :married to Miss lBisa-,
beth Rolph, Seethed:, and they have'
one daughter, Phyllis Ann, 13.
O. J. Stanley entered the business
when 18 years of age. He was assist-
ant meat manager of Loblaw's, Win--
sor, for two years, and manager of
Parent's 'Sryupemmarket, Windsor,for
five years. For two. years, in Dun-
gannon, he haw operated what is des;
crtbed as the most up-to-date meat
market in the renal sections of 'West-
ern Ontario, He is unmarried. '
The Week's Weather
1047 1948
High Low High Low
September 18 80 58 $d 55
19 78 64 84 55
20 68 54 82 54
21 70 54 74 58
22 55 38 83 51
23 55 37 88 67
24 61 41 71 48
Rainfall -2,06 lathes .03 inch
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Counter Cheek Books at The
NEWSeRE'CORD.
FO Frank Garrett, DFC
Has Unique Experience
F.O. Firank Garrett, D.F.C., Belle-
ville recently lrad a very pleasant:
experience *Web he will not soon
forget.
The ''Dam Buster" 'Squadroneatopp.
ed for a short while at Trenton be-
fore proceeding on its way to England.
When Fit. Lt. Neil Bayley, D.F.G.
stepped from his 'plane he was greet-
ed by Mr. Garrett. During the war
years thesetwo men had travelled
the airways together, Mr. Bayley- as
pilot of the plane and Mr. Garrett as
navigator on bombing runs over the
continent. This was the first time
these two mon had met in over three
years,
Mr. Garrett while overseas was at•
tached to the R.A.F. :where he com-
pleted his operational tour. Later he
was an instructor and returned to
Canada an 1945.
Mi. Garrett is now "a member of
the teaching staff of Belleville schools
where ,he is a m'antral training in-
structor. Hereceived his early ed-
ucation in Tuckersmith and attended
Clinton 'Collegiate Institute. He.is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Newman Garrett,
R. R. 4, Clinton.
Dr. Morley Colquhoun
Visits After 19 Years
°'Dr. Morley Colquihoun, Glendale,
California paid a flying visit to
Clinton recently.,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. MoMm:ray were
host and hostess of a pleasant .parity
given by relatives in his honor. Dr.
and Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Fred Mar-
shal of Hamilton, with Mrs. B. Kenn-
edy, :Mrs. H. Fitzsimons, Mr. and Mrs,
Corless, 141x•. Benson Corless, Clinton,
and Mrs. Kenneth Breakey, Zurich,
were guests.
It is 19 years since'Dr, Colquhoan
was here and since that time he has
graduated in medicine and surgery
and has a large successful, pratice in
Glendale. Ile is a nephew of Mrs.
Kennedy, Mrs. Fitzsimons and Mrs.
M. T. Corless.
Bean Harvest Delayed
Th h H R ins
"The recent 'heavy rains have caus-
ed considerable delay to the bean
harvest and no doubt will have a great
effect on the quality of the resulting
sample," LeRoy G. Brown, Clinton,
agricultural representative for Huron
County stated today, "An early frost
at this time 'would cause a serious
loss to those fields which were seeded
at rather,a late date and are not yet
mature.
Despite the fact that 1947 Plowing
Matchis being held at some distance
frcm Huron County, a number of
local plowmen will
bepar r
ci
atm
g
in this big event, Mr. Brown said.
In preparation for the international
and for the 'Local Match being held
on October 8, at Wingham, arrange-
/nen-le have been made for coaching
work with plowboys at various points
thr'oug+ht out the Coulnty.
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ANNUAL FIELD MEET
Huron C'ou'nty Secondary Schools
Association will hold its annual field
meet in Clintn Community Park ort
Frday,-()etcher 3. 'Schools represented
w41 be Goderich, ,Seaforth, Wingham
and Clinton, The public are cordially
invited to this event.
First Postwar 'Graduation Colourful Ceremony
Clinton HOAF Station formed a
very appropriate setting Friday after..
noon last for the graduation from the
first postwar course at No. 1 Radar
and Communications School.
ABOVE may be seen Air Vice-
lt.'iaeshall A. L. James, OBE, director
of Technical Training, .Air Force
Headquarters, Ottawa,<',presenting his
diploma to LAG C. Cooper, ex -air -
crewman from Terbntq; ,who was first
in Radio Operators' ,Course No. 1,
with 86.2 per •cent. He was the only
graduate to be`posted tb this Station.
On the left side of the .picture,
from left to right, are Flt. -Lt. A. R.
Ross, attached to the 'Station; Group
Capt. E. A. McGowan, commanding
officer; and F`lt,-Lt. W. T. H. "Gill,
officer in charge of •the graduating
class.
—Official RCAF Photo
CODERICH MAN'S
CASE ADJOURNED
ON MURDER COUNT
Dressed neatly in light blue trous-
ers, a dark blue jacket, his slightly
reddish hair and reddish moustache
neatly arranged, 41 -year-old Freder-
ick Littlechild rose smartly to his
feet when Magistrate J. W. Morley:
calledout his name in magistrate's.
court at Gaderich, Thursday last to
hear a murder charge.
Littlechild five • feet, five inches
in height, weighing about 150 pounds,
stood rigidly erect, hands clasped be-
hind his back as the magistrate read
out the court .charging him adth the
stab -murder Monday noon September
15 of his old friend, 61 -year-old
Charles M. Bell he what police said
was •a "drinking -bout rumpus" at
the Littlechild 'home on Hincks at
Goderich.
The accused man, appearing slight-
ly nervous kept bis face straight a-
head as he sat in the crowded court
room, letting only his eyes shift a-
bout nervously to the spectators who
filled most of the seats. Half of the
spectators were women.
Defence counsel, Frank Donnelly,
K. C., acting for Littlechild, agreed
to the request of Acting •Grown At-
torney F., R. Darrow for an adjourn-
ment until Thursday, September 25,
and again until Thursday, October 2.
KiPly Mail en M Courier
r
Is Nearly "Drowned"
(By our Hensall correspondent)
Norman Long, Kippen, mail cour-
ier of ,R•R. 2, Rippon, is a very lucky
man. While tripping a ,hay fork
loaded with beans up at tine track in
his barn on •Saturday, he lost his
balance and fell 25 feet with the
bundle of beans in the mow and was
buried up to his head in beans. X-
rays taken ab Clinton Community
Hospital revealed a fraltured bone in
his ankle. He was able to crtawi
out on his hands and knees and call
for help.
Subscriber in Far-off China Tells
Of Interest in Work of Co tri tribntor
(By C. Mortimer. Bezeau Kitchener,
formerly of Clinton)
When, from thne to time, I ticked
off on the typewriter a fete recollect-
ions of earlier days in Clinton that
might be of interest to a few of the
young, and some who are net so
young among News -Record readers,
I hart na thought that these remin-
iscences would find, readers far be-
yond the boarders of Canada.
Imagine, therefore, my surprise at
receiving a letter from a former 01an-
tonian from as far away as China.
The letter is from Rev, Elisha A.
Townsend, of Changteh, Human,
China, who attended Scheel in Clinton
during the early part of .the century.
The letter is dated August 6, and was
received September 16. The follow-
ing eaacerpte may be of interest to
many DTEW'S-RECORD readers: t
"You will be surprised . to receive
this letter fr•osn me. I have i•eacl
with much interest . your articles in
.0LTiN,TON NEWS -RECORD. I lived
'r ttrin • m 'Teen years
an C1t arca daring Y ti
from 1908 to 1911; and the town has
many precious meusories for Inc. At
that time I knew everybody in the
town, consequently I are very much
interested in the section 'Frani Our
Early 'Files,' fovby and twenty-five
.•ears ago; Your articles giving a
little more detailed information on
the early Happenings, are read with
a great deal of interest."
"I just received. the April 24 issue
of The NEWS -RECORD :and read
your article on IStaaleton. i also re-
member when it was a thriving little
village. I' could scarcely tell where rt
had been the last time I passed ,that
way. I would not have known of the
passing of 14leiviile Ransford had it
not been for your reference to him.
I .attended school at the same time
that he did, and had sorb of a pec-
uliar lilting for hint. If his obithary
was in the Clinton paper I missed it.
"I do not receive my papers very
regularly out here. Regular mail
takes from three to four months to
get here; so maybe it will be Christ—
mas when yon receive this. Mr mail
comes in about two weeks.
"As you -may notice I am out here
in China. I am trying to do what little
good I can, and S"•hope my efforts will
not be in veal. •Conditions in these
parts are not as had as in some
places; and the prospects seem good
for an excellent crop this year out
here. I will net bother you this
time telling you all about •China.
Would be glad, to have a line frons
you, ,ICeep up the good work in writ-
ing to Me 6LI'NTOIll NEWS- RE-
Whene
w lift a telephone receiver
and distinctly hear a voice cording
froma distance of several thousand'
miles, or turn a dial and hear; "This
is London calling," the world seems
,very email compared, to the time,
within• ,the •recollection of men new
diving,- when it required six weeks
to get a message from London. But
the world is etiil large as indicated
by' passages ill: the letter _above quoted
Postage rate (air snail) to China
rs 25 canto for each 14 oz. on ordin
,ary stationery; but air -mail forms
,may ire purchased at the post office
for 10 cents plus 5 cents postage for.
air mai? to Clhitta,
Daylight Time Ends
Saturday Midnight
The Town of Clinton, will re-
vert to Standard Time at mid-
night, Saturday, ;September :September 27,
according to a proclamation . is-
sued by Mayor A. J. ,McMurray
and published elsewhere in this
issue. Daylight Saving Time has
been in -effect here•for the past
five months.
"The people ehouA rot forget
that the churches will operate
this conning Sunday en Standard
Time," His Worship pointed out.
CNR Trains Speeded Up
Starting Monday Next
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Response
Lodging
being
Muses
I
Trow
Although there, is no guarantee of
its completeness, it is understood
that boarding places for 14 girls have
been placed on the' list as available,
and that others are expected. to come
in. listening applicants should phone
the offite of the company, gabone 117,
as the drive is continuing.
Indicating the value of the dist
to the kinittng fimr, a young lady was
placed. this week irnmedi•ately upon
application for employment.
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D -G PAYS VISIT
Lloyd E. Edighoffer, Mitchell, Dist-
rict Governor of District A-1. Lions
International, paid an official visit
to .Bayfield Lions Club at Wednesday
evening's regular meeting, held in
The Little ran, Bayfield.
Service of Canadian 1 Rail•.
ways' to and from (Manton d other
pints in this district will speeded
hp •smewhat, effective Mo y neat,
September 29, according totimetable
changes.
The morning train Toronto
will leave Union Station at7.55 a.m.
(instead of 7.50 a.m.), ing in
Clintort at 11.50 am. ( ead of
12.04 p.m.), thus outting inutett
off the former time.
The afternoon train to T to will
leave at 3:20 p.m, (insteadof 2:53
• and arrive at ,Station
at 7.30 p.m. (instead of pan.),
thus reducing the runningtime
17 minutes.
nmTh f e
ea t moon train for
London is
scheduled to leave at 3.25m. (in-
stead of 3.10 p.m.), arrivingn Lan-
don at 5.35 p.m. (inste f 5.25
-pain.), thus reducing runnit 'lie by
five minutes.
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See Favorable Re nse
in Appeal for I ging
Ai very good response is re-
ceived in the Chamber of amerce
campaign for boarding hot for 25
girl employees 01 Clinton iosies y
Mille Limited. N. W. artha,
chairman of the special committee,
stated today.
COMING
EVENTS
Miuimun
u Charge 50c
3e a word
Auction ,sale, furniture, etc., spon-
sored by Idospital Aid, Clinton Lions
A5'ena, Friday, September 213, tit 8
pan. Added attractions 37-39t
Will the members of the Hospital
Aid please send donations for talc
Home Baking Sale to the arena bee
fere ` 8 p.m. Friday, September 26.
Summerhill Ladies' Club bazaar, in
couneb chansl er :Saturday, September
27 at 3 lfm. •Sewing, borne baking,
farm produce, novelty, pouch and
take booths, l 38-39b
Ontamia St.' United Ohareh fowl
suppor, Tuesday, September 30. 38b
Girls' Gab,Presbyterian Church,
Hamar, Saturday, October 11, in
charch. Business men's supper will be
serveol, • 881a
Clinton. Lions Melte,Ibiotts Arena,
Friday, October 17. 37tfx
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
COMMEMORATED
BY CLINTON RCAF
bAihnost the entire personnel of
RCAF Station, 'Clinton, attended the
"Battle of Britain' memorial services
in London Sunday afternoon. The
group notking the trip in convoys
provided by RCAF and the ArnlYie
Church services wore held in St.
Pauls and St Peters Cathedrals to
commemorate the seventh anniverr-
eary of the success of that great
aerial conflict when "sa many owed
so mucin to so few'
St. Paul's Packed
St. Paul's Cathedral (Church of
Ragland) was packed with nen in the
lcahki uniform of the RCAF. summer
1dres
s, with
a, sprinkling of c
itizen
s
vA -woraldpped with the servicemen
at the memorial ceremony.
Rev. Ralph Latimer, a former
padre of the air force, traced the
course of the Battle of Britain from
the time the first Luftwaffe bomb-
ers invaded English skies in July,
1940, until the first phase of the at-
tack was broken at the end of Jolly.
This was the time, he said, that
Winston Churchill referred to as the
British •Dmpire's. `finest hour' and it
is well that we should remember the
brave men and women who died in
this defence action.
The service was conducted. by Rev
Dr.Crowfoot,t
A. H. assisted byFI,.
Lt. W. K. Batty,Aylmer,u -
and Squad-
ron
ron Leader T. Dale Jones, Clinton.
Record RCAF Parade
In St. Peter's Cathedral a similar
memorial service was held far ser-
vicemen of the Roman Catholic faith.
Sgdu.-Ldr, C. Coyne, Centralia, and
Flt -Lt. J. P. Davignon, Aylmer, ass-
isted at this ceremony.
'rhe church parade was the largest
RCAF display ever to swing along
London's streets and crowds lined
the route of march to see the air-
men.
Shortly after the church services
were ended a heavy shower hit the
city and crowds scattered. A portion
of the parade continued in covered
trucks.
The airmen marched past the sal
sting base 011 Wellington street in
Victoria Paris aryl the salute was
taken by Air Commodore G. Brown,
of Trenton, Brig, A. H. ,Spavins,
Lieut. A, B. Coch, R.C.N., and Mayor
Wenigo, Wreaths were laid on the
cenotaph during a brief ceremony"
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones
Feted on Anniversary
A very pleasant periarise was given
Mr. and Mrs. William Jones at their
Ratisenbury 54. home an the occasion
of their 55th wedding anniversary,
In honour of the occasion, Bart-
liff Bros, and staff ,gathered in the
form of a surprise party at the Jones
horne and in the course ea the even-
ing presented them with a handsome
table lamp.
Although completely taken una-
waares, Mr. and Mrs. Jones oxpatessed
their sincere .appreciation foe the
thoughtfulness shown,
• A very happy evening was brought
to a close when the visitors served
delicious refreshments,
onth in Future
High Standard. Attained
In First Postwar Event
Early Landmark,
Hotel, Disappears
One of Clinton's oldest land-
marks, the old Commercial Hotel
on Huron Street, a ,short dis-
tance west of the main intersee-
tion, has been razed and removed
to make way for Horner's new
White Rose Garage, thus .sever-
ing a link with the past. During
the wrecking operations, Alex
',Murray found a cup in the old
cellar. The cup bore the' inscrip-
tion, "Commercial Hotel", and
was h1 •good condition.
The •structu•e was erected pre-
vious to 1876. J. J. McCaughey,
father of Mrs, Charles D. Sbana-
'han, operated the hotel for many
years. About 25 years ago, Bort'
Langford turned it into a garage,
,. after removing the upper storey.
and it has been used ever since
as such. The bricks are in good
shape and have been sold and re-
moved for building ,purposes;
they were made et Thomas East's
trickyard, Hellcat.
New Housing
Project Here
is Under Way
Clinton's 50 -house Wartime Hous-
ing Limited construction projeet got
under way this week, and men and
materials are arriving daily.
Henry Parker, head of the Parker
Construction Company, Port Stanley,
which has the general contract, is
on the job here in connection with
preliminary work. An office has been
erected just west f the corner of
Huron and Belie streets, in the west-
ern section of the town; It will be
used as headquarters by the con-
tractors; and also by the government
representatives,.
G. 0. Brissenden, Toronto, is rep-
resenting Central ,Mortgage and
Housing Corporation, a •Crowp 'com-
pany which finances the houses. He
arrived Tuesday and will remain dar-
ing the construction period.
Nine carloads of dressed /umber,
totalling about 180,000 board feet
have arrived, in town, and the whole
is stared on vacant :property on Brie
Street, opposite C. H. Epps'
pump factory. More will ho •arriving
eis time goes on.
Work already ':has started on the
construction of the first two houses
at the southwest corner of Huron and
Erie Streets, the ground having been
laid out for these two buildings.
Parker 'Construction Company o also
P y
has a general contract for the erect-
ion of 50 new houses at Exeter.
Aceordang to Town Clerk M. T,
Corless, who is receiving applications
for the new houses here, applications
to date number 90, Final allotment, on
a priority basis es to war service
and dependents, will be made by
Wartime Housing Limited, however.
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Committees Preparing
for Bigger Bayfield Fair
Committees of Bayfield Agricul-
tural Society are malting prepara-
tions for a bifger and better• Fall
Fair than ever before, ort Wednesday,
October 8.
The race track has been improved
for horse races, motorcycle and sad-
dle races. This year, for the first time,
all announcements will be made by
publie'aciclrest system. Arrangements
have! been made far special speaker t.
Bayfield Lions Oleb has elmege of all
;concessions on the grounds and lunch
booth.
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parade of school children will
ialte place at 1 p.an, from Clan Greg-
or •Squere,'headed by Clinton Citizens'
Band, to the Fair Grounds. A grand
iconcer't and dance are being held in
�wening,
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OPENS SNACK BAR
Parry's ,Snack Bar is Clinton's new-
est business. It is located in the
front of the Fairholme Dairy build-
ing, Albert St. Fred Parry, who rip-
ened the ,bueiness Saturday, is •a
Londoner who has operated a simil-
ar' business at Grand Bend for the
past two years. Mr. and Mrs. Paaay
have three children: Filed and MIs.
Frank :14libna. London; and Dawn, 11,
attending public school here,
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:More than .9,000 fires are .caused
every year in Canada by 'faulty stoves
furnaces, boilers or chsmmeys,
Rev. Laverne Morgan Resigns as Rector
Of Bayfield . Middleton
- Varna Parish
(By our Bayfield corrospendenting here, Mr. Morgan has endeared
Harvest Thanksgiving services will himself, not only ito members of, his
be held in Tatty ohuroh an ,Sunday wn congregation, but also to all with
at llean. and 7 p.m. (standaiel time)`, 'wham he late coma in. Oonbact. He
at which the rector, Rev. Laverne took an active interest in the Liond
Allergan. wall preach. IClub, of which he was appointed See-
It was with •deep, regret that the rotary to take Alex Rae's place.
members of ,the congregation learned I :Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Karen
that • thiaa would be his last Sunday ell- be very much missed, and the
charge as be had resigned to eat- best wishea of all are for Mr. Mor-
dergo medical • treatment. Since cern. gal's speedy recovery.
Clinton RJCAF' ,Station will be the
Ocoee of monthly :graduations from
courses given at No. 1 Rader 'and
Communtieations 'School, it was re.
vealed fallowing a colourful cern-
mony at the Station Friday afternooa
last when 41 young men from all
parts of Canada graduated from the
first postwar courses for radio op-
erators and technicians. Married '
numbered 33.
The next two graduations will take
place on October 18 and November
15, it was stated, with elasses pose-
ibly not in excess of 24. The monthly
graduations will conbhme regularly
until spring.
The first graduation followed
courses lashing 48 to 59 weeks.
Presented with Diplomas
Air Vice -Marshal A. L. Janes, OB
10, director of Technical' Training, Air
Force Headquarters, Ottawa, made
the presentation of ,diplomas in a col- .
earful ceremony on the parade ground
with the Station personnel drawn up
in hollow square formation, the gra-
duating class forming a group in the
centre of this square.
He was accompanied: at the salut. •
ing base by Air 'Commodore R. A.
London, AFHQ; ,Squadron Leader E.
J. Gauthier, ,Signals Officer, Central
Air Command; and Flt. -Lt, IA•. 11,
Moody, AIF!HQ; as web as Group
Capt. E. A. MuGawan, commanding
officer of the Station; and Fit, -Lt,
W. T. H. Gill, training adminetration
officer. "
Before the presentations, in intro-
ducing Air Vice -,Marshal James,.
Group Captain McGowan said they
were glad to have him at this first
postwar graduation.
Air Vicelliarshai ,Tames stated
that it was with a great deal of .plea-
sure that he was present, and .ex-
tende,l eongratulatione and thanks to
the Station personnel, 'To the in-
structors ,and graduating class, we at
Ottawa appreciate the very great dif-
ficulty leader which you have oper-
ated this past year," he said. "We
appreciate the position of the airmen
today in no small measure, and we
are doing everything in our power
to increase efficiency and eradicate
difficulties." He, appealed for. support
and co -aeration. To the graduating
class, he extended eongratuiations in
behalf of the RCAF as a whole.
Air Vice -Marshal James declared
that there were avenues of advance•
ment for all right to the top of the
service, and there was a good career
ahead for everyone. He •emphasized
the importance of the service, fill-
ing, ,as it does, a vital 'need in the
country.
"To rho graduating class, may l:
say that you have a .service to be
!peed of; if ytt do your part, it will
be proud 'of you. Good luck and happy
landings," he concluded.
The graduating class marched past
en
dh
t
en
off, after f et testieh tl r
eSia tb'
on
parademar
cited past, t with w th Sq uadaro
n
Leader H. F. Mormon, 'Senior Admini-
stration Officer, in command.
Tea later was served in the drill
hall to the members of the graduate
ing class and their friends.
Suffers Loss of Hand
In Cannery Accident
(By our Honsall correspondent)
Etta 'Mae Brintnell, 16. daughter
of Mr. •ancl Mrs. Archie Beintnell,
Exeter, suffered the loss of her right
hand in an accident last Friday at
Canadian Canners, Exeter, where she
is an employee. She was working en
a cern -husker, and when one of the
cobs of corn went into the husker
crossevise she Teethed. in -with her
hand to talee it out with the result
her hand was completely severed.
Miss Agnes Cutting another employee
applied a tourinquet• She was. a r•eg-
tilar brick, made no fuss, and walked
out to the car ant her own power and
was taken to the office of Dr. 01. C.
Fletcher. whohad her removed. to
Vfv'teria hospital, London. Latest
repoits were that she was resting
comfortably but suffering a great
deal of .pain.
Knitting Co. and Owner
Donate to Hospital
Clinton Hosiery Mills Limited,
through its owner. Rerrnan H. Flan••
ries, has made a cash donation of
$100 to the •campaign for the new
wing for Clinton Community Hos.
pital, it was announced today.
Mr. aixi •Mrs. Harriss also have
agreed to fraindeh completely a roam
in the hospital.
A Smile for Today
"May I have this cheque =eked,please?" asked the young woman of
6he mavime tel'
Orf ooutae, madame,'' the telle
replied. "Just endbrce it please,"
Must I endorse it?'' ; She asked
apparentlypun:led. " I'm Mrs. Smith,'
you know. My -husband is out of the
city and mailed the cheque to ate.'"
•Yet, it must be endorsed, Sion
ikon rtthe back, please, and Air. Smith
will know we paid it bo you,"
Mrs: Smith took her pen from her
purse -and ,passed bite cheque back
to the teller endorsed! "Your de-
voted aIle, Hlbkel."